# Bug OP-4593 - Project search not working properly

Project: OpenProject
Status: closed
URL: https://community.openproject.org/work_packages/OP-4593

## Open points

_No work packages_

## Details

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Date |  |
| Priority | Medium |
| Module |  |
| Target versions | 7.4.4 |
| Observed in versions |  |
| Sprint | 7.4.4 |
| Backlog bucket |  |
| Bug found in version (deprecated) |  |
| Found in mobile app version |  |
| Follow-up feedback e-mail |  |
| Requires doc change | No |
| Accessibility | No |
| Pull preview |  |
| List |  |
| Labels |  |

## People

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| Product manager |  |
| Developers |  |
| Designer |  |
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## Planning

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## Costs

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## Description

Given a user enters a substring of a project’s name into the search.

**Expected behaviour**

The project search should only list projects with that substring in their name.

**Actual behaviour**

The project search sometimes lists more projects and sometimes none at all.

**Example 1**

  - searching for “inc” works
  - searching for “inc16” yields **more** results than expected

![](search-1.1.png)

![](search-1.2.png)

![](search-1.3.png)

**Example 2**

  - searching for “V” works
  - searching for “VFC” yields no results at all

![](search-2.1.png)

![](search-2.2.png)